WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution – Elizabeth Becker Translated by Sokha Irene (2005)
Reporter Becker, who covered Cambodia for the Washington Post, examines the historical patterns of violence and authority in Cambodia that allowed the Khmer Rouge to ascend to power and made the genocide possible. She also examines the roles of the United States and other members of the United Nations in betraying Cambodia. The book is […]
HISTOIRE DU CAMBODGE: Depuis Le 1er Siècle de Notre Ère Adhemard Leclère Translated by Tep Meng Khean (2005)
STILLED LIVES: Photographs of the Cambodian Genocide – Wynne Cougill with Pang Pivoine, Ra Chhayran, and Sim Sopheak Translated by Chy Terith (2004)
This book contains photographs and essays on the lives of 51 men and women, who joined the Khmer Rouge during the 1960s and 1970s. They were what the Khmer Rouge called “base people”: those from the peasant class who generally were treated less harshly than the “new people” (city dwellers and those associated with the […]
VOICES FROM S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot’s Secret Prison – David Chandler Translated by Sour Bonsou (2003)
Historian Chandler examines the Khmer Rouge regime through S-21, a secret prison in Phnom Penh where over 14,000 people died and less than a dozen survived. Using archival materials and interviews with survivors, he traces the culture of obedience and its attendant dehumanization, which made it easier for the Khmer Rouge to torture and kill […]
THE KHMER ROUGE DIVISION 703: From Victory to Self-Destruction – Vannak Huy (2003)
One of the most favored of the Khmer Rouge’s nine military divisions, Division 703 was composed of 5,000 to 6,000 peasants, primarily from Kandal province. At the end of 1975, its soldiers with “clean” backgrounds were given positions at Tuol Sleng (the central-level prison also known as S-21) or its branch office S-21D (Prey Sar […]
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL: Anne Frank Translated by Ser Sayana (2002)
First published in 1947, millions of people have read the diary of 13-year old Anne Frank. She and other members of her family hidin the back of an Amsterdam warehouse for two years in an attempt to escape detection by the Nazis. Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945, three month […]
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers – Loung Ung Translated by Norng Lina (2002)
In this book, Loung Ung tells the story of her life under the Khmer Rouge. When she was five years old, she and her family were forced to leave their comfortable life in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge took control of the country. Ms. Ung was trained as a child soldier, while her other […]